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Valve’s Orange Box has gone gold

A Valve rep has confirmed that Orange Box has gone gold, and will be available …

October 10 can't come soon enough. The long-awaited second episode of the Half-Life 2 saga as well as a handful of other highly anticipated games that constitute Valve's epic Orange Box are due to hit stores that day for both the PC and the Xbox 360, with a PS3 release following just a few weeks later.

A Valve rep confirmed last night that the game has now gone gold. GameDaily coyly asked the devs if they had to ban Halo 3 from the workplace—as there was a productivity problem following the release of Bioshock which resulted in a banning of that title from the office place. The only reply, according to GameDaily, was "We might need to cut folks off of The Orange Box."

We've been really enjoying our time with Team Fortress 2, and Ben had a blast playing through the early parts of Portal at E3. Taken at face value, Orange Box is not only a likely contender for game of the year, but also looks to be the best value for one's gaming buck seen in a long, long time. I hope you've got your pre-orders in.